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OracleVM 3.3 : glibc (OVMSA-2014-0033)
high Nessus Plugin ID 79548
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Synopsis
The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :- Remove gconv transliteration loadable modules support (CVE-2014-5119, - _nl_find_locale: Improve handling of crafted locale names (CVE-2014-0475,
- Switch gettimeofday from INTUSE to libc_hidden_proto (#1099025).
- Fix stack overflow due to large AF_INET6 requests (CVE-2013-4458, #1111460).
- Fix buffer overflow in readdir_r (CVE-2013-4237, #1111460).
- Fix memory order when reading libgcc handle (#905941).
- Fix format specifier in malloc_info output (#1027261).
- Fix nscd lookup for innetgr when netgroup has wildcards (#1054846).
- Add mmap usage to malloc_info output (#1027261).
- Use NSS_STATUS_TRYAGAIN to indicate insufficient buffer (#1087833).
- [ppc] Add VDSO IFUNC for gettimeofday (#1028285).
- [ppc] Fix ftime gettimeofday internal call returning bogus data (#1099025).
- Also relocate in dependency order when doing symbol dependency testing (#1019916).
- Fix infinite loop in nscd when netgroup is empty (#1085273).
- Provide correct buffer length to netgroup queries in nscd (#1074342).
- Return NULL for wildcard values in getnetgrent from nscd (#1085289).
- Avoid overlapping addresses to stpcpy calls in nscd (#1082379).
- Initialize all of datahead structure in nscd (#1074353).
- Return EAI_AGAIN for AF_UNSPEC when herrno is TRY_AGAIN (#1044628).
- Do not fail if one of the two responses to AF_UNSPEC fails (#845218).
- nscd: Make SELinux checks dynamic (#1025933).
- Fix race in free of fastbin chunk (#1027101).
- Fix copy relocations handling of unique objects (#1032628).
- Fix encoding name for IDN in getaddrinfo (#981942).
- Fix return code from getent netgroup when the netgroup is not found (#1039988).
- Fix handling of static TLS in dlopen'ed objects (#995972).
- Don't use alloca in addgetnetgrentX (#1043557).
- Adjust pointers to triplets in netgroup query data (#1043557).
Solution
Update the affected glibc / glibc-common / nscd packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 79548
File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2014-0033.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Family: OracleVM Local Security Checks
Published: 11/26/2014
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.3, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:glibc-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:nscd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:glibc
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleVM/release, Host/OracleVM/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-4237, CVE-2013-4458, CVE-2014-0475, CVE-2014-5119